Interview with Ingrid BetancourtShe was the most prominent hostage of the FARC rebel group in Colombia. The former presidential candidate, Ingrid Betancourt. She tells DW about the peace process and the Colombian people's "change of heart".

Interview with Yuri Andrukhovych

He is one of the most popular authors in Ukraine. This year he was awarded Germany’s Goethe Medal. Yuri Andrukhovych became known for his efforts in the 2013 Maidan protests. In the DW Interview he explains what has happened since.

Interview with Michael Lüders, Terrorism Expert.

“The banlieues are hotbeds of social unrest and for decades the French have failed to tackle the problem of these ghettos and give immigrants from black Africa and North Africa a real future in France.”

In the Interview:

Neil MacGregor, Director-General, Humboldt Forum Berlin

“If Britain were to break away from the EU, it would lose its chance to go on shaping the future of Europe in social and political terms”, Neil MacGregor, the founding director-general of the Humboldt Forum, tells DW.

Interview with Franziska Giffey, SPD Mayor Berlin-Neukölln

"We need to prevent parallel societies," so we need a strong state that sets limits. And, says Franziska Giffey, showing respect means "extending one's hand to the mayor." That, she adds, is part of "our German cultural values."

In the Interview: Claudia Lücking-Michel, Vice-President of the Central Committee of German Catholics

Talking about the role of women in Germany’s Catholic Church, Lücking-Michel says: “Of course, nobody wants to be a mere stopgap. You know the thing: if there’s no one else, take a woman.”

Interview with Alice Schwarzer, Feminist and Author

"The time for false tolerance is over. The Islamists are the fascists of the 21st century. We have to treat them just like we treat far-right extremists."

Interview with Marc Sinan, German-Turkish-Armenian guitarist

"If people rose up tomorrow in Turkey and were free of fear - it would be a free country...a country - where, regardless of their ethnic group, people, would be able to see a better future," Sinan says.

In the Interview: Zoltán Balog, Minister of Human Resources Fidesz Party, Hungary

In the Interview: Wolfgang Kubicki, Deputy FDP Leader, Germany